4th Annual SmugMug / Dgrin Shootout -- Arches National Park October 2008

DavidTO

I think weather.com (if i remember correctly) said average highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, mebbe 40s.

cabbey

I guess I never recorded here that "we're in". Two deposits paid up. The wife will be with me, contrary to what the list on page one says.

Wunderground's history says lows at night hit freezing, highs in the days upper 70s, could have some rain, snow is unlikely.

DavidTO

cabbey wrote:

I guess I never recorded here that "we're in". Two deposits paid up. The wife will be with me, contrary to what the list on page one says.

OK, OK, so I updated the first post with an indication if there are (2) in the party.

Happy now?

Ann McRae

WOW! 69 people all paid up -

This is a big group!

David - if you need help with organizational stuff - putting together itineraries or stuff like that, holler. I'd be thrilled to help out.

ann

davev

DavidTO wrote:

OK, OK, so I updated the first post with an indication if there are (2) in the party.

Happy now?

Not completely.

My last name is Spelled Vichich, not Vivich.
Also Kate has her own ID here now, it's katev.
You were close, but you get no cigar.

DavidTO

davev wrote:

Not completely.

My last name is Spelled Vichich, not Vivich.
Also Kate has her own ID here now, it's katev.
You were close, but you get no cigar.

I never said it was perfect.



Thanks, I'll update!

cwphotos

Ann McRae wrote:

WOW! 69 people all paid up -

This is a big group!

David - if you need help with organizational stuff - putting together itineraries or stuff like that, holler. I'd be thrilled to help out.

ann

She is a soccer mom......I bet she is really good for the details. She did a great job in Glacier. My vote goes to Ann for itinerary helper.

Nikolai

cwphotos wrote:

She is a soccer mom......I bet she is really good for the details. She did a great job in Glacier. My vote goes to Ann for itinerary helper.

My vote goes for Ann, period!

Andy

Ann McRae wrote:

WOW! 69 people all paid up -

This is a big group!

David - if you need help with organizational stuff - putting together itineraries or stuff like that, holler. I'd be thrilled to help out.

ann

Thanks Ann, appreciate the offer

We'll take care of it - you focus on Shooting!

Skippy

DavidTO wrote:

OK, OK, so I updated the first post with an indication if there are (2) in the party.

Happy now?

Hey you didn't update me....... I'm still sitting in the unpaid list
.... Skippy
.

DavidTO

Skippy wrote:

Hey you didn't update me....... I'm still sitting in the unpaid list
.... Skippy
.

OK, I guess manually updating wasn't working. I've changed to copy/paste from my master spreadsheet. Hopefully I got it right this time!

Skippy

DavidTO wrote:

OK, I guess manually updating wasn't working. I've changed to copy/paste from my master spreadsheet. Hopefully I got it right this time!

Excellent David, cause I just booked my flights already
.... Skippy
.

Llywellyn

In, :hide

Nikolai

Llywellyn wrote:

In, :hide

Yay!

DavidTO

cwphotos

Speaking of which DavidTO are you going to be at this one?

DavidTO

cwphotos wrote:

Speaking of which DavidTO are you going to be at this one?

I'm planning on it!

ChrisJ

Woo hoo! I'm off the wait list and officially in! :ivar

Haven't had much time for shooting lately, but I've still been lurking. I'd also be up for climbing if there's still room!

Nikolai

ChrisJ wrote:

Woo hoo! I'm off the wait list and officially in! :ivar

Haven't had much time for shooting lately, but I've still been lurking. I'd also be up for climbing if there's still room!

Yay! Another angeleno!

cabbey

Realtime countdown....

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greenpea

Very cool!

Foochar

Arrival/Departure?
I'm starting to think about travel plans, (yes I like to plan ahead:D ) and was looking over the travel recommendations from the most recent trip. I wanted to make sure that with the shorter time frame this coming year (2007 was September 25-30=6 days, 5 nights; 2008 is October 8-11=4 days, 3 nights) that a mid day arrival in Moab on the 8th and mid day departure from Moab on the 11th was the recommended course of action by the "powers that be".

jdryan3

Andy wrote:

Dates: October 8-11, 2008

Travel: Fly to Grand Junction, or other nearby cities and then drive to Moab. We will be arranging for shared rides and rental cars, and participants will be splitting the cost of rentals/fuel. There will be information threads posted on travel and cars as the Shootout draws nearer.

Are we there yet? I mean, it is 2008!

OK, seriously though, how do most folks plan on getting there? I, for instance, will probably fly to SLC and drive the 4.5 hours. I can fly to SLC in 4 hours. While Grand Junction is only 2 hours away from Moab, it takes a 6.5 hour flight with a layover. Plus it costs $230 more. And cars will probably be easier to get in SLC.

But if people are wanting to fly into Phoenix or SLC sometime like 10/2 or 10/3 and head off someplace before Arches, I'm very interested.

Foochar wrote:

I wanted to make sure that with the shorter time frame ... that a mid day arrival in Moab on the 8th and mid day departure from Moab on the 11th was the recommended course of action by the "powers that be".

Andy: Does Foochar have this correct? Do we miss anything if we leave first thing early morning on the 11th?

DavidTO

The lodge is reserved 10/08-10/11. Which means that checkout is on the 12th.

Foochar

DavidTO wrote:

The lodge is reserved 10/08-10/11. Which means that checkout is on the 12th.

Thanks for the clarification David.

jdryan3

Given this ...

DavidTO wrote:

The lodge is reserved 10/08-10/11. Which means that checkout is on the 12th.

... I could add time on the backend, after the shootout for another destination if anyone is interested.

jdryan3 wrote:

But if people are wanting to fly into Phoenix or SLC sometime like 10/2 or 10/3 and head off someplace before Arches, I'm very interested.

I suggested the frontend only to get 2 weekends in there.

DavidTO

jdryan3 wrote:

Given this ...



... I could add time on the backend, after the shootout for another destination if anyone is interested.



I suggested the frontend only to get 2 weekends in there.

jdryan3,

In the past the first person to speak up about extending the trip has started a new thread to generate interest. You could start a "Pre or Post Moab 2008 Shootout" thread right here in Big Picture. If it takes off, we'll link it to the main announcement thread.

Feel free to get the ball rolling!!!

BeachBill

DavidTO wrote:

In the past the first person to speak up about extending the trip has started a new thread to generate interest. You could start a "Pre or Post Moab 2008 Shootout" thread right here in Big Picture. If it takes off, we'll link it to the main announcement thread.

David, there is already a pre-shootout thread here. In fact I went looking for it this morning when I couldn't find it linked via the sticky post.

DavidTO

BeachBill wrote:

David, there is already a pre-shootout thread here. In fact I went looking for it this morning when I couldn't find it linked via the sticky post.

d'oh!!!!

My brain short circuited!!!

I knew that was there, just forgot. Well, now I've got something to do....gonna go linky link it!

Cuong

I have a request for this shootout. Can we do a group picture of all the attendees either at the beginning or at the end of the shootout? I think that would be a cool souvenir for everyone and I haven't seen such for past shootouts.

Cuong